# My display is gone

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981>\
**Category:** Off Topic\
**Created:** [July 26, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981 "2020-07-26T13:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![kashifahmed](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/kashifahmed/32/2591_2.png) [@kashifahmed](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/kashifahmed)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981/1 "2020-07-26T13:20:10Z")

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I was using my laptop and everything got stucked. Only the cursor was movable.

Not when I restarted the laptop, nothing was visible. I connected to an external monitor and could assess the tty.  
Even windows fails to completely boot.  
What can I do ?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981/2 "2020-07-26T13:27:00Z")

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It could be a failed hard-drive.

Best to use another laptop/desktop and write an ISO to a USB stick.

Then with the problematic laptop boot with the ISO to a live-session  
You can use “Disks” to assess the hard-drive.

You can also copy off any data you need to another USB stick plugged into a separate USB port.

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**Author:** ![kashifahmed](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/kashifahmed/32/2591_2.png) [@kashifahmed](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/kashifahmed)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981/3 "2020-07-26T19:24:43Z")

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Is there any way I can get this computer back to work ?  
( _I have Zoom classes, by the way_ )

And even the live stick is unable to detect the built-in LVDS display.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/my-display-is-gone/3981/4 "2020-07-26T19:27:55Z")

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If your laptop cannot show its display, and if you cannot connect an external display and force a switch to that external display by your fn display keyboard combination then basically your laptop needs repair or replacement.